Jordanian King Abdullah II considered the forced displacement of Palestinians or causing their displacement a "war crime and a red line."

King Abdullah II’s speech during the Cairo Peace Summit on Saturday stated:

The violent bombing campaign taking place in Gaza at the present time is fierce and rejected at various levels. It is collective punishment of a besieged and helpless population. It is a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law. It is a war crime.

However, as events become more brutal, the world's interest seems to diminish. Where else would the world have condemned the targeting of civilian infrastructure and the deliberate deprivation of populations of food, water, electricity, and basic needs. Certainly the perpetrator would have been held accountable immediately.

The message the Arab world is hearing is loud and clear: the lives of Palestinians are less important than the lives of Israelis. Our lives are less important than the lives of others. The application of international law is selective, and human rights have limitations. They depend on borders and depend on different ethnicities and different religions. This is a very dangerous message, and the consequences of continued international indifference and inaction will be disastrous for all of us.

Our priorities today are clear and urgent: First: immediately stopping the war on Gaza, protecting civilians, and adopting a unified position condemning their targeting by both sides, in keeping with our common values and international law, which loses all value if it is implemented selectively.

Second: Sustainably and uninterrupted delivery of humanitarian aid, fuel, food and medicine to the Gaza Strip.

Third: The categorical rejection of the forced displacement of Palestinians or causing their displacement, as this is a war crime according to international law, and a red line for all of us.

This conflict did not begin two weeks ago, and it will not stop if we continue down this blood-stained path, and we are all well aware that this will only lead to more cycles of death, destruction, hatred and despair.

When the bombing stops, Israel will not be held accountable, the injustice of the occupation will continue, and the world will turn its back, until a new spiral of violence begins.

The bloodshed we are witnessing today is the price of this failure to achieve tangible progress towards a political horizon that achieves peace for Palestinians and Israelis alike.

The Israeli leadership must realize that there is no military solution to its security concerns, that it cannot continue to marginalize the 5 million Palestinians living under its occupation, deprived of their legitimate rights, and that the lives of Palestinians are no less valuable than the lives of Israelis.

The Israeli leadership must also realize, once and for all, that a state can never prosper if it is built on a foundation of injustice.

The only path to a secure future for the peoples of the Middle East and the entire world, for Muslims, Christians and Jews alike, begins with the belief that every human life is of equal value, and ends with two states, Palestine and Israel, sharing land and peace from the river to the sea.